Paddlewisers: I'm planning to spend a week in April with my family in Ponce Inlet, Florida, about 11 miles south of Daytona Beach. Can anyone recommend sea kayaking in that area? Would it be worth the trouble of bringing a foldable on the plane (from NYC), or are there outfitters in the area where I could easily rent? Would I be able to practice rolling, or are the waters so shark-infested that I should just spend the whole time in Disney World? Many thanks for your suggestions. Emile --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I definitely would not waste my time on Disney unless you want to stand in line behind a bunch of kids wearing mouse ears all day. I live in the area, and can recommend the following: Mosquito lagoon, This is near New Smyrna beach, it is an estuary connected to the Atlantic with passage to the ocean waters, lots of birds, manatees, dolphin, etc. Wekiva -St. Johns River. The Wekiva is a seventeen mile spring fed river that empties in the St.Johns - a national heritage river. ( see River of Lakes, by William Bellville) wekivariver.org -Put in about an hour from Ponce Inlet. The Wekiva is a spring fed, pristine, and magnificently beautiful river.It was recently designated as Wild and Scenice(with the help of yours truely) There are some rental places but the Kayaks are little plastic play things. Sharks - no problem. If you decide to try the Wekiva I may be able to loan you a kayak for the day. Phares Heindl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emile Zen" <emilezen_at_yahoo.com> Subject: [Paddlewise] Kayaking NE FL > I'm planning to spend a week in April with my family in Ponce Inlet, Florida, about 11 miles south of Daytona Beach. Can anyone recommend sea kayaking in that area? Would it be worth the trouble of bringing a foldable on the plane (from NYC), or are there outfitters in the area where I could easily rent? Would I be able to practice rolling, or are the waters so shark-infested that I should just spend the whole time in Disney World? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
There are many good Florida Places to Paddle listed on my site, http://www.kayakguide.com with specific driving and padlding directions and photos. Both the Indian River Lagoon and St. Johns River mentioned are both listed on the site. One paddle immediately in the South Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach area I'm planning to do soon is Spruce Creek. Here are the directions to the put in: -Exit I-95 at Port Organge/Daytona Beach Shores onto FL-421 East -After about 2.4 miles, turn Right onto FL-5A/S Nova Road -After about 2.5 miles, turn right onto South Ridgewood Avenue/US-1 S/FL-5 South -Proceed South on US1 about 2 miles to the southernmost of the 3 Rosebay bridges over the mouth of Spruce Creek. Do a U-turn and park roadside on the southeast side of the southernmost bridge Please email me if you have any other questions. I live on the east coast just over an hour south of Daytona. (And I also agree about Disney :-) Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com - Places to Paddle - On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 09:02 PM, Paddle wrote: > I definitely would not waste my time on Disney unless you want to > stand in line behind a bunch of kids wearing mouse ears all day. > > I live in the area, and can recommend the following: > > Mosquito lagoon, ...Wekiva -St. Johns River. > >> I'm planning to spend a week in April with my family in Ponce Inlet, > Florida, about 11 miles south of Daytona Beach. Can anyone recommend > sea kayaking in that area? > Al Vazquez Closewaters Outsourced Business Consulting 321-777-3769 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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